Urad Dal Kheer/ Urad Dal Payasam/Ullundhu Payasam

Urad dal kheer is a traditional drink prepared in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu and this drink is prepared with healthy ingredients in it. Though this kheer calls for urad dal, dry ginger, palm sugar and cardamom, this payasam tastes absolutely delicious when served warm or else chilled. This drink is definitely an energy booster especially for girls and growing kids. Simple to prepare, this kheer gets ready very easily if you go for pressure cooking. Since i used palm sugar instead of jaggery or sugar, the addition of palm sugar aka panang kalkandu makes this delicious payasam more healthy as this palm sugar is loaded with many interesting medicinal values. Palm sugar helps a lot to deduce body heat and this sugar is rich is iron, obviously its definitely healthy with loads of nutritional values.

Iranian Barbari Bread/Noon Barbari/Naan-e-Barbari

Barbari bread is a type of flat bread which is quite popular in Iran and its neighbouring Armenia. Barbari means our fathers or else related to Barbars in Persian language. Barbars are a group of people who lives in Eastern borders of Iran. Obviously not need to explain that this bread comes from this group.Coming to this Bread, its often eaten with cheese with herbs, jam, or else simply with a cup of tea for breakfast. Its almost like our Indian Naan bread,and this bread is also known as Naan-E-Barbari or else Noon Barbari. However Persian also makes this bread as much as like Iranian. This bread is usually shaped as a longish oval and this bread calls for roomal, a flour paste prepared using flour and baking soda. This flour paste helps a lot to stretch the yeasted dough and this paste is also used to spread over the bread to give a deep brown colour after baking.

Blueberry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

I have been looking for a chance to bake something with berries since a while as berries are showing their heads in our farmer's market. Finally i baked this incredible bundt cake with one of my favourite berry aka Blueberry. Not to forget that i just adore bundt cakes very much. Since i got an original bundt cake pan from my cousin sister which she brought me all the way from USA, i just treasure it. My today's post goes for a super spongy, airy, and soft bundt cake with blueberries, to make this cake more interesting, i prepared an easy breezy glaze with lemon. This is a classic bake though it took me almost a year to bake as i was looking a prefect bundt pan. Coming to this bundt cake, this cake makes an excellent dessert, breakfast or else evening snacks. Served along with a scoop of icecream, this bundt cake makes a fabulous dessert too.

Eggless Hershey's Kisses Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

When my cousin sister brought me this popular Hershey's kisses from USA, i could have never thought that i will bake some dangerously addictive stuffed cookies a day. Since i dont get them here in Paris that much easily and its was almost like a treasure for me. Obviously i do take much care and this kisses are sitting in freezer as i dont want to finish with them immediately. I have already baked some classic Peanut butter hershey kisses cookies aka Peanut Blossom cookies with this bite sized pieces of chocolates. My today's cookies are going to be a different one from the usual peanut butter cookies, kids will go crazy if they have their first bite. Yes they will be definitely surprised to see the chocolate candy inside this eggless cookies.

Eggless Double Chocolate Muffins

Though i have already baked many versions of muffins and cupcakes, my kids love to have muffins during anytime of the day. Since muffins are easy to bake and pack, i dont hesitate a second to bake a couple of these mini cakes quickly either with eggs or else as eggless. Kids wont mind whether this muffins are with eggs or not, they just want to indulge something to fill quickly their hungry tummy. Muffins makes an excellent breakfast or brunch, served along with hot or chilled drinks one can have muffins without any fuss as this mini cakes doesnt asks for frosting. We have just a week to finish our Academic year and the summer vacation is around the corner. We have been waiting for this year's summer vacation since a long as this year's vacation is going to be something different from the previous years. Last two years, i left my family alone as i travalled to India to finish some personnal stuffs, thank god all is going smoothly now and seriously i want to spend this summer vacation with my family.

Eggless Cream Cheese,Spring Onions Herbed Monkey Bread

Monkey bread consists of several pieces of soft bread either filled with a stuffing or coated with spice powders like cinnamon etc.Usually monkey bread is prepared as a sweet pastry though many savoury versions do exists.This bread is traditionally served hot so that the baked pieces can be easily torn away with the fingers and eaten by hand. Today's savoury monkey bread is definitely an easiest one, very simple to prepare,quick to shape if you have yeasted dough at home. This finger food makes an excellent evening snacks especially if you have some hungry tummies around you. Already filled with spiced cream cheese and spring onions, you doesnt need any sauce or dip to serve along with this monkey bread.

Vegan Zaatar Pull Apart Bread

Zaatar is a mix of herbs prepared along with salt and sesame seeds. This spice mix is quite popular in Middle Eastern foods. Zaatar is easily available commercially though its quite easy to make yourself at home. Thyme leaves and Sumac plays an important role for making this aromatic spice mix. Sumac is characterized by deep red berries and sold usually dried and grounded into a coarse powder with a tart, cranberry like flavor. Zaatar is the Arabic name of this spice blend, which is usually used for flavoring else in baking. Zaatar was my favourite and i love this spice mix in anything. Recently i tried out this pull apart bread with this spice mix and completely fell in love with this flavourful bread.

Eggless Sticky Golden Syrup Swirl Buns

My daughter travelled to London with her friends for a long weekend and what she bought for me was some chocolates and few baking stuffs. Obviously i couldnt resist to use the golden syrup she bought all the way from London. Actually golden syrup is a thick amber coloured form of inverted sugar syrup made of refining sugar care or sugar beet juice. Mostly used in baking, this syrup can be used very well instead of honey. If you are vegan or if you dont like honey you can replace honey very well with this amber coloured golden syrup. Am an ardent fan of sticky puddings, when i planned to bake some pull apart buns with this golden syrup, i didnt hesitate a second to go with a sticky golden syrup swirl buns with chocolate chips and sugar pearls.

Matar Kaju Masala/Green Peas & Cashew Nut Masala

If you are searching for a super rich, creamy and a delicious masala to have along with Indian flat breads or pulav, you should check my today's dish. Yes my today's post is all about a Gourmet gravy with a smooth texture prepared with green peas and cashew nuts. If you love nuts in your gravy, trust me you will definitely fell in love with this fingerlicking goodness gravy. Though this masala is quite easy to dish out, the taste of this gourmet gravy will definitely please your tastebuds. If you want to replicate Restaurant style of gourmet gravies, dont forget to give your try after going through this lipsmacking cashew nuts loaded green peas masala.

Anda Palak/Spinach Egg Curry

Anda means Egg, Palak means Spinach, hence Anda Palak curry, this greeny egg curry is one of the delicious curry i have tried recently for our Sunday lunch. Trust me who ever loves spinach and egg will definitely go crazy if they have this curry. Served along with plain rice or else with flavored pulavs, this curry makes a prefect pair to enjoy without any fuss. Though this curry makes an excellent accompaniment with rice, you still enjoy this curry with rotis very well. We all know very well that spinach is loaded with loads of nutrients,they are excellent source of Iron and Folic acid. Spinach is also a good source of Omega 3 fatty acids. While eggs are good source of proteins and vitamins as well, when these two ingredients gets cooked together this curry makes an excellent nutritious curry.

Paneer Kalimirch/Punjabi Paneer Subzi/Cottage Cheese in Black Pepper Gravy

This week's posts are going to be some Gourmet gravies, which you can serve along with rotis or flavoured rice as much as like restaurant's menu. Kali mirch in hindi means Black peppercorns and my today's post is going to be an interesting Punjabi style Paneer subzi spiced with freshly grounded black pepper powder. This subzi came out extremely luscious, very rich and highly delicious and creamy. This rich and irresistible subzi makes an excellent pair to relish without any guilt with most of the Indian flat breads. Served along with garlic naans, trust me this fingerlicking goodness subzi will definitely please everyone's tastebuds at home.

Vegetarian Enchilada Casserole/Black Beans & Sweet Corn Enchilada Casserole

Enchilada Casserole is one of the classic dish which exists in many versions, when i googled for a vegetarian Enchilada casserole i have seen some million versions either with homemade enchilada sauce or else with store bought ones. Some recipes calls for variety of vegetables, meats while some recipes went for a combination of vegetables and beans. Obviously once i prepared some enchilada sauce at home, i couldnt resist to prepare my own version of vegetarian Enchilada casserole. Since i dont want to stick with store bought tortilla wraps, i prepared myself at home as i have already blogged here. Homemade Enchilada sauce, homemade tortillas watelse we need to make some fantastic enchilada casserole as vegetarian version.

Vegetable & Chicken Enchilada Soup

I have many versions of some incredible enchilada soup with chicken, however i couldnt resist to add some vegetables to make this simple soup more nourishing and filling. With sweet corns and cooked black beans add the crunchy texture and protein to this incredible soup. Though some Enchilada soup calls for cheese and cream i opted for a simple version of this soup. If you love spicy soups for your lunch or dinner, am sure this soup will definitely tickle your tastebuds. Trust me, this soup is full of flavors with shredded chicken, black beans, sweet corn kernels and a handful of vegetables, you will thoroughly enjoy this soup. Though many versions of this Enchilada soup calls for crockpot/slow cooker, i opted for an easy breezy cooking. I went for pressure cooking method, however if you have crockpot, this soup calls for less time to prepare, and crockpot will take care of the rest.

Home Made Enchilada Sauce/Enchilada Sauce

We love Mexican foods and whenever time permits we dont hesitate a second to invite ourselves to our favourite Mexican restaurant. Obviously if i get a chance to try my hands with one of my favourite cuisine, how can i say 'no'. When i picked One sauce Two dishes as theme for this week's blogging marathon, i want to give a try to this famous Enchilada sauce. Though we get tortillas and few more Mexican ingredients easily in most of provisional stores, we dont get this enchilada sauce easily. When i googled for this sauce, i found that this sauce was very easy to make simply at home with easily available ingredients. Homemade Enchilada Sauce is amazing and very easy to prepare.